Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

We learned about gratitude and humility – that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean… and we were taught to value everyone’s contribution and treat everyone with respect.

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

I’m so nervous. I’ve always been nervous, ever since I was a kid.

Cardi B put a lot of work in.

I had the classic 40 meltdown. I did. It’s embarrassing. It was pretty funny. But then I recovered. To me, it was like a second adolescence. Hormonally, my body was changing, my mind was changing, and so my relationship to myself and the world around me came to this assault of finiteness.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.

It doesn’t matter where you come from, what you have or don’t have, what you lack, or what you have too much of. But all you need to have is faith in God, an undying passion for what you do and what you choose to do in this life, and a relentless drive and the will to do whatever it takes to be successful in whatever you put your mind to.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.

One thing I want to make clear, as far as my own rebirth is concerned, the final authority is myself and no one else, and obviously not China’s Communists.

One must marry one’s feelings to one’s beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one’s life.

Be not a slave of words.

All I ever wanted to do with my life was own a little house. I did that way back with ‚Rocky,‘ so now everything I do is just icing on the cake.

I couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

Mission presidents hold keys of responsibility for the welfare, safety, and success of their missionaries.

I will not be concerned at other men’s not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

I think as long as I do a good job and put in all my effort to proving that I’m worth it, then everything should be fine.

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.

I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.

Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

There are a lot of things I never did, because I believe in watching those true Hollywood stories and I see how easy it is to lose track of your life.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

Power is competence.

If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

Well I think a lot of times we’re putting things off and I’m going to do it later. I’m going to break this bad habit or I’m going to pursue this dream or I’m going to treat my spouse better.

Why are women… so much more interesting to men than men are to women?

The important thing is that your teammates have to know you’re pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.

No one gets away with anything, ever, so take responsibility for your own life.

They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?

The question is not, ‚Do you have a problem?‘ The question is, ‚Does the problem have you?‘

Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences.

Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.

No one is ever successful at everything that they do.

I feel confident imposing change on myself. It’s a lot more fun progressing than looking back. That’s why I need to throw curve balls.

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.

I realize I don’t do a very good job in keeping up to date, but I try to.

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.

I’m different than most people. When I cross the finish line of a big race, I see that people are ecstatic, but I’m thinking about what I’m going to do tomorrow. It’s as if my journey is everlasting, and there is no finish line.

Sometimes when you’ve had a long series of disappointing things happen, you can get into the very bad habit of just expecting more of what you’ve already had.

When schools flourish, all flourishes.

‚They‘ are the people that don’t believe in you, that say that you won’t succeed. We stay away from ‚They.‘

Part of me suspects that I’m a loser, and the other part of me thinks I’m God Almighty.

People are looking for something a little more stable; people are feeling like they need to get closer to God.

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

If you want to be a good writer, be the best writer in the world. That’s what I’ve done.

I’ve always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.

I’m a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I’m even afraid of it – it’s a learned affectation and it’s just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.

Whenever you give up something, you must replace it with something.

In the divine milieu, all the elements of the universe touch each other by that which is most inward and ultimate in them. There they concentrate, little by little, all that is purest and most attractive in them without loss and without danger of subsequent corruption.